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Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease and disease processes through the examination of tissues, bodily fluids and organs. Over 70% of all medical decisions affecting a patient’s diagnosis and care require some type of pathology investigation, from diagnosing tumours and leukaemia to testing a patient’s blood group.
Pathology has more people engaged in research than any other field of medicine. Pathologists contribute specialist expertise to underpin the quality of research and provide access to well characterised, high quality human biosamples. However, research conducted by pathologists is declining in the UK.
onCore UK conducted a survey to assess the impact of regulation, especially the effectiveness of published guidance on regulation, on the ability and willingness of pathologists to participate in research,
The report of this survey including recommendations arising is published here.
Creating a brighter future for pathology research
To help address the decline in pathology research the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) established a short-live Task Force to explore the issues and identify areas where action can be targeted to best effect. onCore UK was actively involved in the development of the recommendations contained in Task Force’s Report Fostering the Role of Pathology in Research 2009. We are also responsible for taking forward the following initiatives:
Updates on progress with these activities will be posted at regular intervals.
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